Cypriot Black Polished Earthenware Bowl
Early Cypriot – Middle Cypriot I-II. Height 5cm. Diameter 11.5cm
A bowl with a round base and a hemispherical body, finished with a plain rim. A small projection appears just below the rim. Made of hard, greyish-black clay with a lustrous black slip. The base is encircled by four horizontal parallel lines. The body features a zigzag band made of parallel lines, surrounded by hatched lozenges. Just below the rim, a framed band of hatched lozenges encircles the vessel.
The bowl was excavated by the Swedish Cyprus Expedition in 1927 at Lapithos, on the floor of Chamber B-C, Tomb 315. It has been part of the collection of the Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden (Inv. No.: L. 315B-C:029) since 1931.